Packing swing



D. M. YAUPP PACKING SWING July 17, 1951 Filed Oct. 28, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 17, 1 `951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PACKING SWING Daniel M. Yaupp, chicago, 111.

Application October 28, 1947, Serial No. '782,558

This invention relates to a packing swing, designed for use as a means for protectively packing articles shipped in cartons or the like against damage or breakage.

A considerable proportion of products shipped for distribution, sale, or for other purposes, are prone to breakage upon rough, or even normal, handling of the cartons or boxes within which they are shipped. Such articles include radios, dishes, and a great variety of other products too numerous for mention. In the art, various types of packing for such articles are utilized with a View to protecting the product against damage or breakage. It is common, for example, to pack such products in excelsior, loosely wadded paper, or other filler designed to prevent movement of the articles Within the carton.

Such packing is not entirely satisfactory, not only because of the expense and time involved in the packing process, but also, because of the fact that too often, the space filler used does not represent full protection against breakage, due to the ever present possibility that some articles in the same carton may and often do shift against other articles, causing damage or injury by forcible contact with each other. Additionally, the packing itself may have gaps or open spaces in it. The further disadvantage is noted in that the unpacking of the articles leaves an untidy and not inconsiderable mass of packing material to be disposed of.

It is an important object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a packing device in the form of a packing swing which is eliciently adapted, through its novel form and assembly, to prevent damage and breakage of the article or articles carried thereby. The invention aims to make it impossible for any articles to shift against another article, and of equal importance, to provide a construction wherein any shock occurring in handling of the carton in which the articles are carried is substantially absorbed due to the novel swing construction, preventing damage or breakage, the article being in effect suspended within the packing.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a packing means of the type stated that may be formed from a wholly flat blank of material. Thus, at the point at which the articles are packed, a complete minimum of space is occupied by the swing blanks, an important characteristic in view of the great number of articles passing through a shipping room or the like at a given time, wherein space is at a premium, any saving of space meaning a greater handling ca- 3 Claims. y (Cl. 229-42) pacity. Additionally, when the goods have reached their destination, the swings may be disassembled and packed away at for further use, or in any event, flattened for convenient and tidy disposal.

Still another object is to provide a device of the type stated that is unusually inexpensive, both as to materials used and cost of manufacture, the blank being simply a rectangular piece of cardboard or paperboard cut and scored along certain lines. A further object of equal importance in this regard is to provide a construction wherein the blank can be folded to complete formation of the device speedily, with ease, and without requirement of any tools.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, reference is had to the attached drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals refer to like parts, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a packing device constructed in accordance with the invention, wherein part is broken away to reveal details of assembly;

Figure 2 is a top plan view, part being broken away;

Figure 3 is a and Figure 4 is a plan View of the blank from which section on line 3-3 of Figure l;

' the device is formed.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the blank shown in Figure 4 is of rectangular conformation. A readily foldable material of suitable strength, as for example, cardboard or the like, should be used.

Fold lines and slots, to be described in full detail hereinafter, are provided along lines parallel with the edges of the blank. These are extended both transversely and longitudinally of the blank, and thus define a plurality of rectangular panels therein.

At the center of the blank is a bottom panel 5 constituting a seat for the article or articles to be carried by the device. This is bounded at its sides by side wings 6, and at its ends by end wings l. Fold lines 8 and 9 separate the seat 5 from the side wings 6 and end wings '1, respectively.

Integral with the outer edges of the side wings 6 are cuffs each comprising a center cuff member IU integral with opposed side flaps l l. Fold lines l2 separate each center member from its aps. In each flap, there is a main fold line I3, and secondary fold lines I4. A fold line I5 separates each cuff from the adjacent side wing 6.

To form the swing, the side wings 6 are folded along lines 8 so that they extend upwardly .at

. right angles to the seat 5 (Figure 3).

Next, the center cuff members II] (carrying with them the rest of the cuffs) are folded inwardly along lines I5, so that they be flat against the side wings (see Figure 3).

The side flaps I I of each cuff are now arranged as desired, and the arrangement chosen will depend on the number of articles to be carried by the swing.A

In the illustrated example, a single article is to be packed. Accordingly, the side iiaps are folded on the fold lines I2 and I3 to denne a rectangular.

or box-like arrangement, protectively surrounding said article when it rests on seat 5.

The next step is to raise the end wn'gsl (Figiure 1). Each end wing is integral with varr end ,y

leg IB, from which it is separated by a fold line I'I. The end leg I6 is next extended downwardly. by folding it along line IT.

Each end leg I6 is integral with a pair of side legs I8, from which it is separated by opposed fold lines I9. The side legs are folded'valong said lines at right angles to the end leg, and lform slidably overlapping outer sides for the device (Figures 1 and 2).

Each side leg I8 is integral-with a topvpiece 20 formed with `a half-slot 2|.y Fold lines 22 -separate the respective top pieces from the adjacent side legs. At each end of the device, the pair of top pieces at that end is overlapped across the top of the deviceand interlocked by interengagement of their slots 2 I.

As will be seen, the completion of the device.

results in seat 5 being elevated abovethe bottom thereof. At the Sametime., the end wings 1 tend to diverge upwardly, because the natural resistance of fold lines 9 to prevent a full right-angled fold is not overcome, by reason of the fact that the overlapping ends andA sides of thedevice Vare not interlocked together,- but are arranged to provide a slidable and telescoping contact. They can thus be yieldably compressedl soy as to absorb shock.

Should it be ydesired to pack aV number of articles in one swing, it is only necessary to vary-theV culi" arrangement. In other words, instead of utilizing the side flaps to provide a boxlike arrangement, they can be` arranged to denepartitions, the secondary fold lines I4 beingjutilized 5 to good advantage for this purpose. Thus, it' is possible to provide two, three, four, or more compartments.

To prepare the blank, it is provided with fold lines and half-slots 2I as described, and is further slotted as at 23, these slots merging into slots 24 that are further extended as at 25.

I claim:

l. Means for packing articles protectively, formed from a single blank of fibrous material creased longitudinally and transversely of said blank with said creases running at right angles t'o veach other to `define rectangular panels and slotted along certain of said creases= to provide slots of J-shaped formation following said last mentioned creases to provide a seat, side and end wings integral therewith, side and end legs integral with Athe end wings, and interlocking top pieces .integral with the side legs.

- 2. Means.; for,`pa cking articles protectively, formed from a single blank of fibrous material creaseddngitudinally and transversely of said blank with said creases running at right angles tov each other to define rectangular .panelsV and slotted along oertainof said creases -to provide.

slots of J-shapedr formationr following saidblast mentioned creases to provideazseat,` side andend wingsjinte'gral therewth,.side and end; legs integral with the endwings, interlocking top pieces REFERENCES 'VCI-TED L Ther following references are of rec'o'rdjinthe iile lof this patent:

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